Kpler: Saudi terminal's busiest loading day points to 'changing vessel behaviour'
Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura terminal recorded its busiest loading day since before the war on 21 September, as six very large crude carriers (VLCCs) lifted close to 12 million barrels at Ras Tanura and Juaymah, according to analytics firm Kpler. The surge followed disruption to the kingdom's East-West pipeline, which normally allows Saudi crude to bypass the Strait of Hormuz altogether by moving oil overland to the Red Sea coast.
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